Pocket cigarette-rolling device



.1. PETZ POCKET CIGARETTE ROLLING DEVICE Filed June 9, 1923 .27? f 1th]. 4

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Patented May 5, 1925.

UNITED STATES g A 7 1,536,923 PATENT" oFFIc JOHAN rE'rz, or IVIONTERREY, MnxIco.

POCKET CIGARETTE-ROLLING DEVICE.

Application filed June 9,

To all 10 720 772 it may concern: a i

Be it known that I,'Jo1IAN Pn'rz, a citizen of the Republic ofMeXico, residing atMon terrey, in the State of Nuevo Leon and Republic of Mexicojhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Cigarette-Rolling Devices, -of which the following is a specification. I

This invention: has general reference to smokers accessories, having more particular reference to a cigarette rolling device which is combined as a unitary article with the container for holding the tobaccoand'paper.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel andsimple device ofthis sort,

of a size to be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user. I

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will. .be had to the following description vention are more particularly'set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a face view, with parts'in longitudinal section, of my improved device. v j I Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, this view being taken on theline 22 of Fig. 3, with additional. parts broken away. i

Fig. 3 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 2 and taken on the line 33 of the latter figure. v 'Figml is a detail ,elevational view showing the means for curling the edge of the paper over the tobacco in'the pocket.

- Fig.5 is a transverse vertical section on theline 55 of Fig. 4.

My improved device as here shown comprises a flat substantially rectangular casing which may be slightly rounded at the corners as shown and WlllCllCOl'flPllSGS a body 10 to which is hinged along one side.

asat 11 a flanged cover 12 of equal area, an ordinary type of catch 13 being provided on the opposite side tohold the cover closed. The body member 10 is provided also with a second interior cover 15 which is located under the cover12 and hinged in the casing as at 16 at the side of the latter opposite to the hinge 11, a lip 18 being pro vided 0n the side of the casing adjacent such hinge to support the free edgeof the said cover 15. This lip is here shown as formed on an interior member 20 extend and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims. 111- which the various novel featuresof them- 1923. Serial- No. 644,463.

cover 15 is hinged, the cover 15 and mem ing around the casing and to which the I her 20 enclosing a compartment 21 adapted to contain the tobacco, and may also contain the cigarette papers, as indicated at -P in Fig. 3. At the'ends of the compartment 21 the top parts of the member 20 are offset from the main walls of the easing at their upper ends, leavingspaces in which are accommodated a pair of arms 25 pivoted at one'end as at 26 to the said, main walls of the casing at points slightly nearer to the side of the casing towhich the cover 12 is hinged than to the oppositeside. k

Extending between, and journaled in, the free ends of thesearms 25 is a roller 27 hav- ;ing fixed to the ends of its trunnions a pair of sliding discs28 whichare localized in guides formed partly by the main panel of thecover 12 and partly by flanges 29 projected inwardly from the end walls of the same. Secured tothe cover 12 as at 30 near the hinged side thereof, is one end of a flexible apron 31 made of cloth or other suitable material and which extends toward the opposite side of the cover, passing first along the outer face of the cover, then inwardly through a slot 32 extending substantially the length of the latter, around the roller 27 and finally outward through a second longitudinal slot 33 in the cover to be secured to the latter as at 34.

In the use of the device in rolling cigarettes the cover 12 is thrown open, the arms being. swung outward as the cover opens and, by reason of the arms swinging on a different centre than the said cover, the roller 27 is moved to a point near the hinge side of the cover and adjacent the opening 32 in the latter, a degree of'slack' being thus left in the apron 31. This slack portion is pushed by the fingers through the other during this closing movement the pocket in the apron is pulled inward through the slot 32 and follows the said roller toward the slot As will be understood there will be a rolling action imparted to the tobacco during this movement with a result of rolling the paper around the latter. When the roller passes the slot 33 to come to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 the apron 31 is stretched, and in consequence the finished cigarette is ejected through the said slot.

As shown in detail in Figs. ti: and 5 I provide a pair of short arms lO which are "formed with longitudinal slots i1 which are engaged with the trunnions of the roller 27, these arms carrying an arcuate crosspiece 42 at their outer ends which is provided at one side with finger extensions 43. In the use of the device as thus arranged the arms it) are swung downward to place the crosspiece over the tobacco in the pocket in the apron, the fingers 4.1 projecting through slots at-t of suitable length in the apron 31, the arms e0 holding the crosspiece in this position with sufiicient force, by frictional engagement with the arms 25, to cause the edge of the paper to be curled backward over the tobacco as indicated, the cross-piece 42 being then moved away and the operation continued as above set forth.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a cover hinged thereto and termed with a pair of slots one near the hinged side and one near the opposite side, a roller adapted to pass from side to side of the cover as the latter swings between open and closed positions, a pair oi? arms hinged to the casing and having the said roller attached to their free ends, an apron secured at opposite ends to the said cover adjacent the respective slots in the latter, Said apron having a degree of slack therein when the cover is open whereby it may be partially projected through the first mentioned slot to receive the tobacco, and a removable member adapted to be inserted into the said pocket over the said tobacco to form a guide for the cigarette paper, said member being mounted on the free ends of the said arms.

2. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a cover hinged thereto and formed with a pair of slots one near the hinged side and one near the opposite side, a roller adapted to pass from side to side of the cover as the latter swings between open' and closed positions, an apron secured at opposite ends to the said cover adjacent the respective slots in the latter, said apron having a degree of slack therein when the cover is open whereby it may be partially projected through the first mentioned slot to receive the tobacco, and a removable member adapted to be inserted into the said pocket over the said tobacco to form a guide for the cigarette paper.

A device of the class described com prising a casing, a cover hinged thereto and formed with a pair of slots one near the hinged side and one near the opposite side, a roller adapted to pass from side to side of the cover as the latter swings between open and closed positions, an apron secured at opposite ends to the said cover adjacentthe respective slots in the latter, said apron having a degree of slack therein when the cover is open whereby it may be partially projected through the first mentioned slot to receive the tobacco, and a removable member adapted to be inserted into the said pocket over the said tobacco to form a guide for the cigarette paper, said member having fingers projected from one side thereof adapted to engage in short longitudinal slots in the said apron.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. 

